Broiler-support.



G. A. GLASS.

BROILER SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED 111111: 21, 1911.

' Patented 001211911.

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GEORGE A. GLASS, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

BROILER-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

Application filed June 21, 1911. Serial No. 634,615.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. GLASS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain. new and useful Improvements in Broiler-Supports, ofwhich the following is a specification.

In the use of the ordinary broiler employed in cooking meat, such assteak or the like, the broiler is customarily held in the hand over thefire or hot coals during the cooking operation. In using broilers in theabove manner, the meat supported by the device is frequently burned orsinged and its flavor spoiled partly, if not wholly, because it isimpracticable to hold the broiler steadily over the fire. Furthermore,it is customary in broiling meat over fires of coal stoves to remove thelids of the stove in order to facilitate the arrangement of the broilerin proper position over the burning coals and the fumes and odorsincidental to the cooking of the meat are thus allowed to escape intothe room and throughout apartments, which is very undesirable forobvious reasons.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide anadvantageous form of support or rest adapted to be placed in thefire-box of ordinary coal stoves to assume a position just above theseat of combustion, said support being designed especially to cooperatewith a broiler of ordinary type to hold the latter during the broilingof a piece of meat. Since the invention is adapted to be inserted intothe combustion chamber of the stove through a front door of the latter,it is rendered unnecessary to remove the lids of the stove, and whilethe meat is broiling, odors passing off therefrom are not permitted toescape from the stove.

Aside from the foregoing, various advantages are obtained in thepractical use of the broiler supporting device, as will be appreciatedmore fully by reference to the following detail description and theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of aportion of 'a stove showing the invention arranged operatively therein,as when in use supporting a broiler; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thedevice having the broiler arranged thereon; Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the supporting device alone.

Throughout the following description and on the several figures of thedrawings, similar part-s are referred to by like reference characters.

In the drawings, the stove is indicated at A and is of any conventionaltype at present in use, having the usual lining l and fire back 2. Thesupport comprising the invention is designated3and consists of a framewhich is preferably of rectangular form, said frame carrying certainparts adapted to hold the broiler in proper position over the hot coalsin the fire box of the stove. The frame of the support 3 is provided atits inner end with short vertical standards .4 having the outwardlyextending arms 5 intermediate the upper and lower extremities of saidstandards. The arms 5 constitute rests adapted to support the inner endof the broiler 6, as shown most clearly in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings. It is contemplated that the broiler supports of this inventionshall be made in difierent sizes to fit into the fire boxes of stoves ofdifferent sizes and the frame of the support is adapted to rest upon thefire brick lining and water back which form the walls of the fire box ofthe stove. At its outer end the frame of the support 3 is formed with ahandle 7 which constitutes practically a horizontal arm pro jecting fromthe support a sufficient distance to permit the handle of the broiler 6to rest thereon. When in operative position therefore, the broiler 6will be supported at its innermost end in the fire box of the stove A bythe arms or rests, the broiler inclining downwardly from the parts 5 tothe point where its handle rests upon the handle 7 of the support 3. Ofcourse, the handles of both the support 3 and broiler 6 project throughthe door opening of the stove when the parts are being used in thebroiling of a piece of meat. dicated at 8.

In its commercial form, it is preferred to make the invention from asingle length of wire of suitable gage, said wire being bent to providethe frame 3 and the wire at the inner end of said frame being bentupwardly and twisted to provide the integral parts 4 and 5 justdescribed. The wire at the outer end of the frame 3 is twisted to formthe shank 9 and then separated to form the spaced parts of the handle 7.A plate 7 of sheet metal may be attached to the handle and stamped witha number indicating the size of the device and such other indicia as Thedoor of the stove is inmight be desirable thereon.. The oppositesides ofthe frame 3 may be formed with a plurality of loops 10 located in thesame plane as the body of the frame 3, said loops forming small rests toassist in supporting the device in the fire box. Any number of the loops10 may be used, as found most convenient.

It will be apparent that a device embodying-the invention may be verycheaply constructed in accordance herewith and when in actual use, saiddevice will advantageously support the broiler carrying the meat so thatthere is no likelihood of burning or scorching the latter to render thesame dist-asteful, nor is there any likelihood that dirt or foreignmatter will lodge on the meat by the same being accidentally broughtinto contact with the hot coals of the fire, a fre quent occurrence whenthe broiler is held in the hand. The broiler when supported on thedevice 3 will furthermore be so spaced from the hot coals that smoke,caused by burning of grease dropping from the meat, can freely pass offwith the draft from the fire box, not affecting the flavor of the meatin any way. Since the lids of the stove may remain thereon while theinvention is being used, articles of food may be readily cooked on thestove during the broiling operation.

The construction of the invention is such that the same may be readilyinverted in placing it in the stove, whereby the members 4c depend fromthe support 3, under which conditions the broiler will be lowered ashort distance in the fire box when 'operatively arranged upon thedevice. W hen the coals in the fire box are low, it will be apparentthat the inverted arrangement of the supporting device will beespecially advantageous in order to bring the meat closer to the fire tofacilitate the broiling operation.

Havingthus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination with a broiler, a support therefor consisting'of anopen frame provided at one end with upwardly extending standards, shortarms projecting outwardly from said standards intermediate of theirends, the opposite end of the frame having an arm projecting centrallytherefrom and provided with a handle, said handle forming a rest for thebroiler.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a broiler supporting deviceconsisting of a length of wire bent to provide an approximatelyrectangular frame adapted to be inserted into the fire boX of a stove,the wire at one end of the frame being bent upwardly and downwardly toform vertical standards, and horizontal arms projecting from saidstandards intermediate of their ends, the

wire at the other end portion of the frame being twisted to form a shankand then bent to provide a handle, said handle forming a rest for thebroiler.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. GLASS.

WVitnesses:

FRANCIS S. MAGUIRE, JOHN F. RoBB.

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